About the game
Play Backgammon online
Race your 15 checkers round the board and bear them off first.
Play free backgammon online: the computer, a friend on one screen, or someone online. Roll the dice, race your 15 checkers home and bear them off.
Play vs the computer, or pass the phone to a friend, or play someone online. Free, in your browser, no sign-up.
How to play Backgammon
- 1Pick who you’re playing: the computer, a friend online with a room code, a friend on the same screen, or someone new with Quick match.
- 2Tap the board to roll the two dice.
- 3Tap one of your checkers, then a glowing spot to move it by one die.
- 4Play both dice. A double lets you move four times.
- 5Bring all 15 checkers into your home corner, then bear them off. First to clear the board wins.
Rules
- Each side starts with 15 checkers in the standard spots. To decide who goes first, each player rolls one die; the higher roll starts and plays both numbers.
- A checker moves as many points as a die shows, onto a point that's empty, holds your own checkers, or holds just one of your rival's. Landing on a lone rival checker hits it onto the bar.
- You must play both dice if you can, and all four on a double. If only one die can be played, play the larger one if it fits.
- A checker on the bar has to come back in first, in your rival's home corner, before anything else moves.
- Once all 15 are home you can bear off, with the exact number or a larger one from your farthest checker. There's no doubling cube: a gammon or backgammon shows as words at the end.